What do you mean? Female angels are EVERYWHERE in modern art.
Hi, Nevuela I was thinking of inside Christian churches & mainly thinking about JW`s and their illustrations however I guess I have to eat my words on that score .
Thanks for the pics.
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If Angels in the Bible are of neuter gender ? Then why are they always depicted as males by description and name ? And never a female ?
by smiddy3 inin all of the art i`ve seen in christendom, angels always have the form of a male, and in the bible those that are named always have a male name such as michael ,gabriel , etc, .
nowhere in the art world that i have seen do angels have the female form, and in the bible they don`t have female names.. so if the angels are neither male or female why then are they depicted as males with male names ?and not female also ?.
the watchtower illustrators also follow this line .when they illustrate an angel it is always in the form of a male and never a female form.. the anointed who make up the 144000 comprise of male and females right ?
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If Angels in the Bible are of neuter gender ? Then why are they always depicted as males by description and name ? And never a female ?
by smiddy3 inin all of the art i`ve seen in christendom, angels always have the form of a male, and in the bible those that are named always have a male name such as michael ,gabriel , etc, .
nowhere in the art world that i have seen do angels have the female form, and in the bible they don`t have female names.. so if the angels are neither male or female why then are they depicted as males with male names ?and not female also ?.
the watchtower illustrators also follow this line .when they illustrate an angel it is always in the form of a male and never a female form.. the anointed who make up the 144000 comprise of male and females right ?
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When God said let us make a man like us and created Adam, it seems He did not have any plans of creating a woman.
Reason on that scripture Daniel ," God said let US make man in our image " that implys their were other Gods and not just Jehovah/Yahweh
And it could also imply that these Gods were male ?
Eve was created because Adam was seen as being lonely.
All of the animals were created male and female before him otherwise they would all have died out the same as the human race so it was a natural thing to create a woman for Adam.
Animals were not created asexual ,they needed a male and female counterpart.
Its a completely different scenario with Angels from what we as humans understand they were never designed to procreate as male and females.
So the desire of Angels to have sex with daughters of men was an abomination.
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If Angels in the Bible are of neuter gender ? Then why are they always depicted as males by description and name ? And never a female ?
by smiddy3 inin all of the art i`ve seen in christendom, angels always have the form of a male, and in the bible those that are named always have a male name such as michael ,gabriel , etc, .
nowhere in the art world that i have seen do angels have the female form, and in the bible they don`t have female names.. so if the angels are neither male or female why then are they depicted as males with male names ?and not female also ?.
the watchtower illustrators also follow this line .when they illustrate an angel it is always in the form of a male and never a female form.. the anointed who make up the 144000 comprise of male and females right ?
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I am a Christian, though not a member of Jehovah Witness congregation. I agree with most of JW's standpoints in regard to the scriptures. However, I just do not subscribe to certain beliefs and articles posted on the magazines as the mainstream JW faith.
Thank you for that Daniel , are you aware that this site is foremost an ex-JW site made up of many many people who have been in the JW religion for decades and have now left it because they believe in all sincerity they have been lied to and deceived in their lifetime by the Governing Body that controls all aspects of this religion to its members to the detriment of its members.?
Please look at jwfacts.com before you are sucked in by a cult.
Take care
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If Angels in the Bible are of neuter gender ? Then why are they always depicted as males by description and name ? And never a female ?
by smiddy3 inin all of the art i`ve seen in christendom, angels always have the form of a male, and in the bible those that are named always have a male name such as michael ,gabriel , etc, .
nowhere in the art world that i have seen do angels have the female form, and in the bible they don`t have female names.. so if the angels are neither male or female why then are they depicted as males with male names ?and not female also ?.
the watchtower illustrators also follow this line .when they illustrate an angel it is always in the form of a male and never a female form.. the anointed who make up the 144000 comprise of male and females right ?
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Welcome to the board Daniel you say the kingdom of God is not a democracy, its a monarchy.
I beg to differ here because its really a Theocracy . Not a monarchy. Theirs a big difference.
however lets not quibble over words.
I don't know why many people interpret the Bible and angels as being of neuter gender.
Maybe its because the Bible only gives us this interpretation and nothing else .
Its had four thousand years to set that matter straight and it has never done so.
However, the concept of free will exists.
Are you serious about this ? free will exists ? If you don`t do what I tell you to do you will die .?
There may be millions or billions of female angels but they are just not brought to our purview may be because of several reasons so let us deal with that. It is as it is
That is just pure speculation on your part with no basis for belief in scripture ,you just want to believe that.
There is a hierarchy in everything, not even the angels are equal in rank power and duties.
I will grant you that ,i think the bible is pretty clear on that .But that does not address the question of the OP
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If Angels in the Bible are of neuter gender ? Then why are they always depicted as males by description and name ? And never a female ?
by smiddy3 inin all of the art i`ve seen in christendom, angels always have the form of a male, and in the bible those that are named always have a male name such as michael ,gabriel , etc, .
nowhere in the art world that i have seen do angels have the female form, and in the bible they don`t have female names.. so if the angels are neither male or female why then are they depicted as males with male names ?and not female also ?.
the watchtower illustrators also follow this line .when they illustrate an angel it is always in the form of a male and never a female form.. the anointed who make up the 144000 comprise of male and females right ?
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Good point Amelia Ashton I purposely left that out so as not to bog the OP down but now that you have brought it up good .
Did Angels think they would enjoy sex more if they had a penis instead of a vagina ?
Why would Angels even contemplate sex ? Did God give them sexual desires without the means to have sex anyway in their natural state ?
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If Angels in the Bible are of neuter gender ? Then why are they always depicted as males by description and name ? And never a female ?
by smiddy3 inin all of the art i`ve seen in christendom, angels always have the form of a male, and in the bible those that are named always have a male name such as michael ,gabriel , etc, .
nowhere in the art world that i have seen do angels have the female form, and in the bible they don`t have female names.. so if the angels are neither male or female why then are they depicted as males with male names ?and not female also ?.
the watchtower illustrators also follow this line .when they illustrate an angel it is always in the form of a male and never a female form.. the anointed who make up the 144000 comprise of male and females right ?
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And who gave you that answer Tameria 2001 ? the Elders ? or higher up the chain.?
Were their any Bible books at all that were written by women ? None of the Psalms , Ruth ,Song Of Solomon ? etc,
Sorry I`ve been away from religion for so long.I don`t expect so, but doesn`t that validate my OP ?
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Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Bother You At All?
by minimus ini faded from the religion and simply didn’t go back.
once people understood that my family and i left, people in the congregation didn’t know what to do.
should they call me, visit me, leave me alone?
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Nope not a bit , I just shake the dust off of my feet and walk away .
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Moving Out Date !!
by jdash inso, i guess the upcoming stuff i'm going to say is good to me.
my grandmother, yesterday, wanted to talk about some stuff.
she had pondered on me leaving at 18 and finally said to me that i can leave whenever, so if i wanted to leave tonight, she wouldn't stop me.
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Good advice from TFG and I M , above and just be yourself. You will be fine and so will your grandmother knowing that you are becoming an adult and she will be happy for you.
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If Angels in the Bible are of neuter gender ? Then why are they always depicted as males by description and name ? And never a female ?
by smiddy3 inin all of the art i`ve seen in christendom, angels always have the form of a male, and in the bible those that are named always have a male name such as michael ,gabriel , etc, .
nowhere in the art world that i have seen do angels have the female form, and in the bible they don`t have female names.. so if the angels are neither male or female why then are they depicted as males with male names ?and not female also ?.
the watchtower illustrators also follow this line .when they illustrate an angel it is always in the form of a male and never a female form.. the anointed who make up the 144000 comprise of male and females right ?
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In all of the art I`ve seen in Christendom, Angels always have the form of a male, and in the Bible those that are named always have a male name such as Michael ,Gabriel , etc,
Nowhere in the art world that I have seen do Angels have the female form, and in the Bible they don`t have female names.
So if the Angels are neither male or female why then are they depicted as males with male names ?and not female also ?
The Watchtower illustrators also follow this line .When they illustrate an Angel it is always in the form of a male and never a female form.
The anointed who make up the 144000 comprise of male and females right ? Yet when they are in heaven ruling with Christ Jesus, WT illustrators always picture them as males with beards and not one female form amongs`t them ?
Why is that do you think ?
Is Christendom a misogynist religion ? Maybe not , at least in Christendom`s mainstream Churches, women do have an important role to play to varying degrees
Are Jehovah`s Witnesses a misogynist religion ? However in this religion women have no role to play except to be subservient to the male in authority.
And this despite the fact that Jehovah blessed a woman Deborah a prophetess and Judge of Israel, for fourty (40) years of peace. Judges Ch.4 & 5
So Jehovah was quite happy to have a woman in that role as a prophet and Judge for no less than 40 years.
How many JW women are aware of this fact ? and what it should / could imply.?
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Jesus name - a convoluted trip back to Jehovah
by neat blue dog inone popular criticism of jw doctrine, and rightly so, is their emphasis on god's name at the expense of jesus.
one inconvenient scripture in this respect is when jesus says his followers would be persecuted "on account of my name".
a question from a recent clam meeting addressed this.. in the bible, the term “name” at times stands for the person who bears the name, his reputation, and all that he represents.
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And the Christian Greek Scriptures (New Testament) is full of scriptures that Christians are to be witnesses of Jesus Christ in one way or another . { more than twenty }
Their is not one scripture in the Christian Greek scriptures that tells Christians in any way to be witnesses of Jehovah not one { 0 }